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Matthew 27:17

Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?

KJV

συνηγμένων οὖν αὐτῶν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Πειλᾶτος· τίνα θέλετε ἀπολύσω ὑμῖν, Βαραββᾶν ἢ Ἰησοῦν τὸν λεγόμενον Χριστόν;

Greek NT

Congregatis ergo illis, dixit Pilatus : Quem vultis dimittam vobis : Barabbam, an Jesum, qui dicitur Christus ?

Vulgate

When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?

ASV

They therefore being gathered together, Pilate said: Whom will you that I release to You: Barabbas, or Jesus that is called Christ?

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People JesusPontius PilateBarabbas

In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Βαραββᾶς
barabbas
noun · 11×
Πιλᾶτος
pilatos
noun · 55×
Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
θέλω
thelo
verb · 208×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
συνάγω
sunago
verb · 59×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀπολύω
apoluo
verb · 67×
e
particle · 346×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: Ἰησοῦν τὸν | Holmes/NA: Ἰησοῦν τὸν | WH: τὸν
  • Ἰησοῦν τὸνSBLGNT
  • Ἰησοῦν τὸνSBLGNT, Nestle-Aland 27
  • τὸνWestcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 18:21 — And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
  • Acts 3:13 — The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him
  • John 19:15 — But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
  • Josh 24:15 — And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites
  • Mark 15:9 — But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
  • Matt 1:16 — And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.